CRAN: Package pdftools

pdftools: Text Extraction, Rendering and Converting of PDF Documents

Utilities based on 'libpoppler' <https://poppler.freedesktop.org> for extracting text, fonts, attachments and metadata from a PDF file. Also supports high quality rendering of PDF documents into PNG, JPEG, TIFF format, or into raw bitmap vectors for further processing in R.

Version: 3.6.0

Imports: Rcpp (≥ 0.12.12), qpdf

LinkingTo: Rcpp

Suggests: png, webp, tesseract, testthat

Published: 2025年09月10日

DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.pdftools

Author: Jeroen Ooms ORCID iD [aut, cre]

Maintainer: Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms at gmail.com>

BugReports: https://github.com/ropensci/pdftools/issues

License: MIT + file LICENSE

URL: https://ropensci.r-universe.dev/pdftools, https://docs.ropensci.org/pdftools/

NeedsCompilation: yes

SystemRequirements: Poppler C++ API: libpoppler-cpp-dev (deb) or poppler-cpp-devel (rpm), and poppler-data (rpm/deb) package.

Materials: NEWS

CRAN checks: pdftools results

Documentation:

Reference manual: pdftools.html , pdftools.pdf

Downloads:

Package source: pdftools_3.6.0.tar.gz

Windows binaries: r-devel: pdftools_3.6.0.zip, r-release: pdftools_3.6.0.zip, r-oldrel: pdftools_3.6.0.zip

macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): pdftools_3.6.0.tgz

Old sources: pdftools archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports: arete, biodosetools, chatAI4R, contentanalysis, daiR, disclosuR, doconv, dtrackr, eurlex, findR, gdiff, ggdiagram, huito, IDEATools, iheiddown, LJexm, LLMAgentR, mapscanner, mlts, OMICsPCA, PacketLLM, pdfcombiner, pdfsearch, pooledpeaks, RAGFlowChainR, readtext, revise, speech, staplr, SwimmeR, tall, tesseract, texor, TextForecast, tidyllm, timeLineGraphics, Tivy, vmeasur

Reverse suggests: bagyo, caracas, carts, dispersionIndicators, docorator, easyr, fairadapt, fixest, flextable, fplot, gMOIP, googleLanguageR, gridGraphics, inlpubs, LexisNexisTools, magick, orderanalyzer, pagedown, patientProfilesVis, piecepackr, plotgardener, polarzonoid, poldis, ricu, rjtools, rock, RRphylo, spelling, TBox, texPreview, tm, troopdata, verifyr2, xmpdf

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